The Earth Is Getting a Mini-Moon—but Only for About a Month
On August 7, 2024, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected a space object that, for a little more than a month, will become a mini-moon of Earth. Named 2024 PT5, the rock is only 33 meters long and will form a kind of horseshoe-like orbit around Earth from September 29 to November 5 before leaving Earth’s orbit.
Earth is getting a second moon and here’s how long it’ll be around for
The temporary moon will begin to appear towards the end of September. Its appearance is the result of a small asteroid piece which will be incorporated into the orbit of the planet before disappearing back into outer space Cape {town} Etc reports.
"Asteroids that fail to escape Earth's gravity and end up orbiting the planet for a time are referred to as mini-moons," The ...
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were ...
Detectors inside Artemis I’s Orion capsule show how much radiation exposure its mannequins underwent and how effective a ...
The Earth has pulled in moons of this type before but none have ever stuck around as long as the moon we know.
A Mars scientist shares the inside story of the NASA Curiosity rover's poignant first photo of Earth and Mars moon Phobos ...
It is the first time ever the two have been captured together from the surface of Mars. NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its ...
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture the view of Earth setting while Phobos is rising.
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